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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Img_UsemapValid"
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import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={16} colMd={8} colSm={4} className="toolHead">

### Server-side image map hot-spots do not have text links

<div id="locLevel"></div>

Server-side image map hot-spots must have text links

</Column>
</Row>
<Row>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

### Why is this important?

Server-side image maps are images in which regions of the image contain "hot-spots" where a user can click to follow a link. Because the actual links are stored on the server, the browser cannot provide information about the links to a user who cannot see the graphics.

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

* Use the `<a>` element with `"href"` attribute to provide text links corresponding to all hot-spots for the server-side image map on the page.

</Column>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 1.1.1 Non-text content](https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/#1_1_1)

### Who does this affect?

* People using a screen reader, including blind, low vision and neurodivergent people

</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)
